The Toyota Hilux Legend 55 & the salute to Super Steyn

Frans Steyn and the new Toyota Hilux Legend 55 carry a similar status and legacy in being world-class and winners, writes Mark Keohane.

Steyn is an iconic rugby figure in South Africa and the sport internationally and thanks to a collaboration with Toyota Hilux Legend 55 and the Keo & Zels show, we get to showcase and celebrate a player who won the World Cup, in 2007, as a 20 year-old and won the 2019 World Cup as a seasoned veteran.

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Steyn spent half his career playing in France but finished his playing career at the Toyota Cheetahs, then immediately was appointed Director of Rugby at the Cheetahs and has extended his role to head coach of the Cheetahs, who played in the SA Cup, Currie Cup and will from December play in the EPCR has taken charge of the Cheetahs as head coach.

In celebrating the arrival of the @ToyotaSA Hilux Legend 55, we salute one of South Africa’s most legendary players — Frans Steyn, double World Cup winner and Bok great.#Toyota #Legend55 #ToyotaBakkiesSA #NotJustABakkie pic.twitter.com/EwJ2y3gvQs

— SA Rugby magazine (@SARugbymag) October 21, 2025

The Cheetahs are in a action on Sunday, 26th October against Georgia’s Black Lion in the second of a two-match Toyota Challenge Series.

Black Lion won last Friday’s match 39-38.

Steyn’s career is one of excellence and quality and it is fitting that the lad who made Grey College’s rugby fields in Bloemfontein his own as a schoolboy is now in charge of making the Cheetahs a professional force in rugby once again.

He played 78 matches for the Springboks, Steyn won the World Cup on two occasions in 2007 and 2019, and is the second South African player to have won the tournament twice, as well as the youngest World Champion in the history. He also won The Rugby Championship (previously named Tri Nations) twice.

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Years Team Apps (Points) 2009–2012 Racing Métro 92 59 (159) 2014–2015 Toshiba Brave Lupus 11 (47) 2015–2016 Toshiba Brave Lupus 10 (65) 2016–2020 Montpellier 102 (228) 2020–2022 Cheetahs 1 (0) Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 2006–2009 Sharks 18 (70) 2013 Sharks 2 (0) 2021–2023 Free State Cheetahs 18 (87) Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 2007–2009 Sharks 38 (78) 2012–2014 Sharks 30 (167) 2015 Sharks 7 (38) 2020 Cheetahs 5 (0) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2004–2005 South Africa U20 10 (64) 2006–2014 Springbok XV 3 (9) 2006–2022 South Africa 78 (168) 2007–2014 Barbarians 2 (0) Coaching career Years Team 2025- Cheetahs

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